“Once we understand how the machine works, we can decide how to make money from it. We are systemised, so it’s all programmed into a computer.

“Fundamental global macro managers look at causal relationships, but they don’t look into the cause and the effect like we do, and they don’t use diversification, they have two or three themes. We want diversity, so we have a lot of betting strategies. We trade on about a hundred markets.”

That's it. So we know Bridgewater is killing it this year, but have absolutely no idea how they're doing it.